Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Bath time.

Apparently it's exhausting

Naptime...in the bathtub.

 

[Ponypoor]

I firmly believe that if they adapted a movie from a book, the book is 1000x better. Of course I am a avid reader so that my cloud my opinion. Rosie is following in my footsteps with a love of reading. I am so proud of one of the things she asked for her birthday and we made sure she got. She wanted to read the book "To Kill A Mockingbird". A classic, one 20+ years ago I was REQUIRED to read in 9th grade english. Her school, the very same high school I attended, has 1 copy to it's name now, and it is NOT allowed to be checked out. They are doing Semester exams this week, has 2 today and the rest of her classes doing nothing. She took that book today to read in class instead of watching movies. Oh, the book they had to read this year, "The Hunger Games".........really now.

Sign of the times really. A good book is still a good book, but I wonder what they are getting out of The Hunger Games? They would be better off reading Shakespeare if they want drama, war, love, humour, deceit, and death!

Good for Rosie, reading is what opens a mind, increases a vocabulary, and gives one insight and understanding of the world around us . Being imaginative and fanciful is a sign of true intelligence and emotional wellbeing, to be able to think abstractly is required for most things this day and age - this is why the geeky engineers are so good at what they can do - they are the ones reading and imagining; all one has to do is look back at Star Trek and see the 'computers' and 'communications' devices that were part of the story line - and what do we have today? Items just like that! How amazing is it to think that back in the 60's they imagined such wonders!

Imagination! That is what the world needs more of. Ok well I guess Hunger Games is quite imaginative and fanciful.

Anyways; it's the same here, books we read as children in school are no more, and kids are reading at a level way lower than what was expected when I was in school.

And don't get me started on writing. What is with this 'printing' crap? When was it decided that one doesn't need to learn how to write in cursive?

Sometimes I like to freak-out my nieces and mail them letters written strictly in cursive hahaha. Of course I made sure they knew how to read that. When I started working, many employers wanted a 'hand written' cover letter. No more of that these days. Can't even get people to work now - and many youth are just dumb as stumps! I went to the TSC a couple yrs ago (when it was still TSC and not Peavey Mart), and the kids there were useless, didn't know anything. When I was a youth and you worked at a farm/hardware store you learnt all the merchandise and actually knew things!

Wow I am going to owe a LOT of tax tonight - I better go and take some really great photos and get off my soap-box.

 

[notabitail]

Dry heat is better, the humidity is very hard on chickens (well everything to be truthful).

If you have a large fan, you can put it into the coop to help move air around. Your coop/run looks really good and open and airy.

The coop and run is very open and airy. Did I mention the wind?
If we lived in San Antonio it would be very different with the chooks.
Agathae is inside. Her comb is not looking that great. I think she wanted the air conditioning.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

A Mother's Day Tribute
April 8th was the 10th anniversary of chickens at Fluffy Butt Acres. I did not feel like celebrating at the time but the arrival of chickens here should be celebrated. So since Mrs BY Bob is the reason they are all here I have decided to celebrate all of her babies.

So we start with the very first chickens to live with us. Who could say no to that face.
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And our initial chicks.
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The first 2 we kept.
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The next leghorn
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And then, the greatest hen ever!

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Patsy
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Lilly, The Iron Beak

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Jabberwocky, the only rooster to live here to maturity.
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The Devine Miss Hattie

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Queen Aurora

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Sydney
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Sansa
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Miss Phyllis
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Then Mum Sydney’s babies

Dusty
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Lucky
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Ned
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The 3 unamed chicks lost by the post office

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Sylvie & Legertha
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Betty
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Gucci
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Lady Featherington
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In final celebration of Mother's day, the only Mum to grace FBA with her babies.

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Lovely tribute to everyone! Include yourself come Father’s Day.

 

[Sally PB]

Oh my gosh you have more babies?! So cute, what are they? How many?

These are two of my five littles. Four Bielefelders and 1 Blue Australorp from Mt. Healthy. I ordered 3 and 1, and got an extra Biel. They arrived on Monday. Spent less than 24 hours getting here, so kudos to Mt. Healthy and the PO!

She wanted to read the book "To Kill A Mockingbird".

This in in my top 5 favorite books of all time. Can't think of the other 4... The movie was also excellent.

 

[featherhead007]

Our little friend from south of the border is back here today. I hope this bird doesn’t give my tribe a “gift that keeps on giving”! It’s eaten their feed, drank their water, and constantly screeches at me and flies away, when I try to catch it.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Sign of the times really. A good book is still a good book, but I wonder what they are getting out of The Hunger Games? They would be better off reading Shakespeare if they want drama, war, love, humour, deceit, and death!

Good for Rosie, reading is what opens a mind, increases a vocabulary, and gives one insight and understanding of the world around us . Being imaginative and fanciful is a sign of true intelligence and emotional wellbeing, to be able to think abstractly is required for most things this day and age - this is why the geeky engineers are so good at what they can do - they are the ones reading and imagining; all one has to do is look back at Star Trek and see the 'computers' and 'communications' devices that were part of the story line - and what do we have today? Items just like that! How amazing is it to think that back in the 60's they imagined such wonders!

Imagination! That is what the world needs more of. Ok well I guess Hunger Games is quite imaginative and fanciful.

Anyways; it's the same here, books we read as children in school are no more, and kids are reading at a level way lower than what was expected when I was in school.

And don't get me started on writing. What is with this 'printing' crap? When was it decided that one doesn't need to learn how to write in cursive?

Sometimes I like to freak-out my nieces and mail them letters written strictly in cursive hahaha. Of course I made sure they knew how to read that. When I started working, many employers wanted a 'hand written' cover letter. No more of that these days. Can't even get people to work now - and many youth are just dumb as stumps! I went to the TSC a couple yrs ago (when it was still TSC and not Peavey Mart), and the kids there were useless, didn't know anything. When I was a youth and you worked at a farm/hardware store you learnt all the merchandise and actually knew things!

Wow I am going to owe a LOT of tax tonight - I better go and take some really great photos and get off my soap-box.

I cannot agree more. I guess I am old school in my thinking. Thankfully in 3rd grade Rosie's teacher was one of the "evil old hard ones." She has thrived under those types of teachers. Cursive was not required but she taught her class to write in it anyway. I really think they are trying to dumb down our children these days. If I was just starting out again and had to enter her in kindergarten, she would be put in a catholic school. I'm not even catholic, but those nuns take no crap and teach and push. I was shocked when I filled out the beginning of the year paperwork. A key permission form was missing for the first time. I have always signed and agreed to corporal punishment if needed. I was paddled twice in school and it did me favors. Completely done away with now. I asked Rosie what books are in her library to check out. I remember that library well, senior year worked for the librarian for 2 class periods so I did not have to take extra gym classes. They have Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and lots of Stephen King and Nora Roberts. You know what is missing? Moby Dick, Little Women, Of Mice and Men and every single Mark Twain novel. They had them before, several copies of each in fact. I know, I read them ALL.
Ranting tax.

 

[ValarieF]

Checked on clyde, he has quiet down and isnt zooming all crazy and actually lifted his head up and turned it to the side. I think he is going to be ok after awhile.

 

[RoyalChick]

I cannot agree more. I guess I am old school in my thinking. Thankfully in 3rd grade Rosie's teacher was one of the "evil old hard ones." She has thrived under those types of teachers. Cursive was not required but she taught her class to write in it anyway. I really think they are trying to dumb down our children these days. If I was just starting out again and had to enter her in kindergarten, she would be put in a catholic school. I'm not even catholic, but those nuns take no crap and teach and push. I was shocked when I filled out the beginning of the year paperwork. A key permission form was missing for the first time. I have always signed and agreed to corporal punishment if needed. I was paddled twice in school and it did me favors. Completely done away with now. I asked Rosie what books are in her library to check out. I remember that library well, senior year worked for the librarian for 2 class periods so I did not have to take extra gym classes. They have Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and lots of Stephen King and Nora Roberts. You know what is missing? Moby Dick, Little Women, Of Mice and Men and every single Mark Twain novel. They had them before, several copies of each in fact. I know, I read them ALL.
Ranting tax.
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That description of the school library makes me very sad.
That said, I never learned to write cursive really. I think in theory I was expected to, and I did come across some old exercise books in which I was clearly having some kind of lesson, but to this day I cheat by dropping in letters so they look like they flow!
Couldn't fault my school library however. I also came across book lists that were sent home with the kids before each holiday with books - mostly classics - that we were encouraged to read. I was a total bookworm so I had often read them all before they gave us the lists, but looking at them now they were pretty good lists!

 

[RoyalChick]

Checked on clyde, he has quiet down and is zooming all crazy and actually lifted his head up and turned it to the side. I think he is going to be ok after awhile.

Well that is good news!